The proclamation of the Anthropocene as the current geological epoch appears, at its core, an embodiment of human arrogance. It implies our species as the primary architect of geological epochs, overshadowing eons shaped by natural forces. This term, while inadvertently highlighting the darker side of our ambition, risks neglecting the intricate complexities of the planet’s history and hindering a humble, collaborative approach to our relationship with Earth.
Modern humans evolved roughly 300,000 years ago, the result of an unbroken line spanning approximately 12,000 generations of ancestors. But our story began much earlier; around 5 to 7 million years ago, we shared the same evolutionary and physical branch with our fellow apes. Going even further back, some 400 million years ago, we were fish. The probability of our existence is astronomically small when viewed from the perspective of the past. Statistically, we were an almost impossible event, and yet—with immense luck, among other factors—we find ourselves here today, living on this Pale Blue Dot in the vastness of the universe. However, it would take only the push of a button for our civilization to vanish.
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